--- title: Psalms 88 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Psalms chapter 88 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Leader; upon Mahalath Leannoth. 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Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. - [88:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.2/) — יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יְשׁוּעָתִי יוֹם־צָעַקְתִּי בַלַּיְלָה נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃ — O LORD, God of my salvation, what time I cry in the night before Thee, - [88:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.3/) — תָּבוֹא לְפָנֶיךָ תְּפִלָּתִי הַטֵּֽה־אָזְנְךָ לְרִנָּתִֽי׃ — Let my prayer come before Thee, incline Thine ear unto my cry. - [88:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.4/) — כִּֽי־שָֽׂבְעָה בְרָעוֹת נַפְשִׁי וְחַיַּי לִשְׁאוֹל הִגִּֽיעוּ׃ — For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. - [88:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.5/) — נֶחְשַׁבְתִּי עִם־יוֹרְדֵי בוֹר הָיִיתִי כְּגֶבֶר אֵֽין־אֱיָֽל׃ — I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am become as a man that hath no help; - [88:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.6/) — בַּמֵּתִים חָפְשִׁי כְּמוֹ חֲלָלִים ׀ שֹׁכְבֵי קֶבֶר אֲשֶׁר לֹא זְכַרְתָּם עוֹד וְהֵמָּה מִיָּדְךָ נִגְזָֽרוּ׃ — Set apart among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom Thou rememberest no more; and they are cut off from Thy hand. - [88:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.7/) — שַׁתַּנִי בְּבוֹר תַּחְתִּיּוֹת בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃ — Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, in the deeps. - [88:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.8/) — עָלַי סָמְכָה חֲמָתֶךָ וְכָל־מִשְׁבָּרֶיךָ עִנִּיתָ סֶּֽלָה׃ — Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down. - [88:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.9/) — הִרְחַקְתָּ מְיֻדָּעַי מִמֶּנִּי שַׁתַּנִי תוֹעֵבוֹת לָמוֹ כָּלֻא וְלֹא אֵצֵֽא׃ — Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. - [88:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.10/) — עֵינִי דָאֲבָה מִנִּי עֹנִי קְרָאתִיךָ יְהוָה בְּכָל־יוֹם שִׁטַּחְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ כַפָּֽי׃ — Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O LORD, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee. - [88:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.11/) — הֲלַמֵּתִים תַּעֲשֶׂה־פֶּלֶא אִם־רְפָאִים יָקוּמוּ ׀ יוֹדוּךָ סֶּֽלָה׃ — Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead? Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks? - [88:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.12/) — הַיְסֻפַּר בַּקֶּבֶר חַסְדֶּךָ אֱמֽוּנָתְךָ בָּאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃ — Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? or Thy faithfulness in destruction? - [88:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.13/) — הֲיִוָּדַע בַּחֹשֶׁךְ פִּלְאֶךָ וְצִדְקָתְךָ בְּאֶרֶץ נְשִׁיָּֽה׃ — Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? and Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? - [88:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.14/) — וַאֲנִי ׀ אֵלֶיךָ יְהוָה שִׁוַּעְתִּי וּבַבֹּקֶר תְּֽפִלָּתִי תְקַדְּמֶֽךָּ׃ — But as for me, unto Thee, O LORD, do I cry, and in the morning doth my prayer come to meet Thee. - [88:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.15/) — לָמָה יְהוָה תִּזְנַח נַפְשִׁי תַּסְתִּיר פָּנֶיךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ — LORD, why castest Thou off my soul? Why hidest Thou Thy face from me? - [88:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.16/) — עָנִי אֲנִי וְגֹוֵעַ מִנֹּעַר נָשָׂאתִי אֵמֶיךָ אָפֽוּנָה׃ — I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted. - [88:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.17/) — עָלַי עָבְרוּ חֲרוֹנֶיךָ בִּעוּתֶיךָ צִמְּתוּתֻֽנִי׃ — Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off. - [88:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.18/) — סַבּוּנִי כַמַּיִם כָּל־הַיּוֹם הִקִּיפוּ עָלַי יָֽחַד׃ — They came round about me like water all the day; they compassed me about together. - [88:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.19/) — הִרְחַקְתָּ מִמֶּנִּי אֹהֵב וָרֵעַ מְֽיֻדָּעַי מַחְשָֽׁךְ׃ — Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. - ← previous: [Psalms 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/87/) - next →: [Psalms 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/89/) - ↑ back to [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/)